"One size fits all"? This isn't about haberdashery. The point of a standard format is exactly that there needs to be a single precise format. If you are going to use an Internet date/time standard, then it ought to be same or at least an isomer (ie, iCalendar date/time format).
Especially, when it comes to basic data types like date/time. -- Frank > Perhaps, but the point I was trying to make isn't about the > W3C ignoring > IETF work or vice-versa. A "one size fits all" specification > isn't likely > to meet everyone's needs, and the situation with 2445 and XML > Schema is just > one example of a situation where the given size didn't fit > someone for some > reason. The point I was trying to make is that the > timestamps document > seems to provide a reasonable compromise between being too > restrictive and > too permissive.
